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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; claims."
description: "Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; claims. Provides that in claims for an award under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund involving claims of sexual abuse of a minor where the conduct constitutes a felony, the passage of time shall not be a barrier to when the victim can file a claim. Under current law, such claim involving sexual abuse of a minor shall be filed within 10 years after the minor's eighteenth birthday. This bill is identical to SB 646."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 155"
citation: "Virginia HB 155 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["W. Chad Green"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-02"
last_action: "2024-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ba96baa-e50a-4169-99fc-ffffd3d60302"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB155"
source_hash: "8f1ff6ca9aaba64fe205541fa2cdeaa647f4e86011165363bd418acccb9e06a0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 155 (2024) — Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; claims.
Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; claims. Provides that in claims for an award under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund involving claims of sexual abuse of a minor where the conduct constitutes a felony, the passage of time shall not be a barrier to when the victim can file a claim. Under current law, such claim involving sexual abuse of a minor shall be filed within 10 years after the minor's eighteenth birthday. This bill is identical to SB 646.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0175** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0175)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24105661D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB155H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 24108301D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB155S1)
4. **HB155ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB155ER)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100789D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB155)
## Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N) — **930** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N) — **130** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- W. Chad Green — primary (person)
- A.C. Cordoza — cosponsor (person)
- J.D. "Danny" Diggs — cosponsor (person)
- Wendell S. Walker — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100789D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-02** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2024-01-19** Committee substitute printed 24105661D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-01-19** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB155H1)
- **2024-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-24** Committee substitute agreed to 24105661D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-01-24** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB155H1 `substitution`
- **2024-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-25** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-01-26** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19** Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-19** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-27** Committee substitute printed 24108301D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-27** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB155S1)
- **2024-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Reading of substitute waived
- **2024-02-28** Committee substitute agreed to 24108301D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-28** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB155S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-28** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108301D-S1 (94-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2024-03-01** VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB155ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB155ER)
- **2024-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 175 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0175)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ba96baa-e50a-4169-99fc-ffffd3d60302`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).